Adult ‘fantasy’ store planning expansion

BY CHARLES SCHILLINGER


DICKSON CITY — A Dickson City shop trading in adult sex products is looking to quadruple in size, adding a 6,000-square-foot addition.

The new owners of Adult Outlet at 2109 Business Route 6, Clindum LLC, received permission to expand the store from the borough’s Zoning Hearing Board this month, though not without conditions. And building plans must still be approved by the borough as well.

Clindum bought the business in January with the intention of renovating the 2,000-square-foot building and “making it more upscale,” said the company’s director of marketing, Robyn Anderson.

“It’s going to be very tasteful. It’s a fantasy store for couples,” she said, adding the addition would be filled with retail products such as lingerie, shoes and lotions.

Ms. Anderson declined to say how many stores the company operates.

Competition and the continuing growth of Business Route 6 attracted Clindum to the area with the idea of expanding.

When the company submitted its intentions to expand, Dickson City zoning officer Jim Damski initially rejected it. Adult stores are permitted as special exceptions only and need Zoning Hearing Board approval, he said.

However, in the company’s appeal to the Zoning Hearing Board, Mr. Damski said it was found the company was more interested in expanding the retail part of the business, including the sale of lingerie. The board was more agreeable to that, he said.

The company also asked to expand the number of “viewing booths” it had in its existing shop from 18 to 24; however, at the borough’s request, the company put aside those plans.

Clindum is “perfectly content” with the conditions set for its expansion, said Ms. Anderson.

Mr. Damski indicated those conditions included the addition being limited to retail products and the company not expanding the viewing booths. The exact details were not available as the formal written report from the hearing had not been finalized as of last week.

Contact the writer: cschillinger@timesshamrock.com



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